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A catered buffet I should think...like the officer's mess...
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04-27-2017 07:16 PM
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I see Andy Robertshaw was in there to, I photographed a shoot with Andy at Bisley a couple of years ago, featuring the LERA collection.
Job done, it was enjoy shooting everything from a P53 through to the modern stuff, great fun.
Does the Vickers still get regularly exercised Peter?
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It was really interesting to see Mr. Laidler. Very professional, as I expected. However, I had pictured him with darker hair.
"He which hath no stomach to this fight,/ Let him depart." Henry V
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The Vickers plus much else such as the Thompson you saw used to get used a few times a year but I don't think that there';s anyone left that was ever trained on this stuff or what they call 'current and competent' in the modern parlance. It's all to do with certifying the kit 'fit to fire'. And that really is all down to Armourers skills and engineering knowledge - and having the balls to sign it off........! But nothing ever failed I hasten to add. I do have much darker hair of course (thread 13) but I use a reverse osmosis type 'just for men' stuff to put the grey into it to give me a more mature sort of dignified look and keep the younger blokes on their toes. Thanks all for the kind comments
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I use a reverse osmosis type 'just for men' stuff to put the grey into it
Sure, me too...
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Peter Laidler
It's all to do with certifying the kit 'fit to fire'.
We have the same issue, needing an armorer that has enough knowledge to sign off. Then of course having a Snr NCO that has enough knowledge to sell the weapons system to higher as serviceable and fit to fire. I had a Cpl that would examine and prove safe but his supervisor didn't have the parts...
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" but his supervisor didn't have the parts... "
As they say in the BBC classics; "I'm sorry, I'll read that again!"
Top docco, though. One of my ancestors had the dubious pleasure of "visiting" Pozieres a bit later. He lived to bring home a few souvenirs and trench art, including a little cast, soft-metal "Pozieres" brooch. Never actually got much detail, as he died when I was too young to have got the whole story, if indeed he ever told ANYONE what went on.
The other end of the Somme saga is the fiasco at Fromelles.
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" but his supervisor didn't have the parts... "
Afraid because of lack of knowledge and experience, and without the fortitude to gather either...his supervisor feared for his very career. It was nice to be able to get some of the things out to shoot that has remained silent for many years. I took a chance myself and fired a DP Inglis Browning .303 that could have come from a commonwealth aircraft somewhere. My responsibility and if caught, I'd have hung...was it ever neat. Those that have fired them or heard them understand...
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More Fromelles stuff
Order of Service from the 2010 Fromelles interment ceremony.
Here: [IMG]"C:\Users\Bruce\Documents\IMG_20170503_0001.jpg"[/IMG]
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Fromelles dedication programme
Attachment should be there..........
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